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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Suman Doasanjh with her Punjabi immigrant grandparents; “Bibi” and “Papa” at their Pheonix home, 2012. Her grandfather always wears a turban as part of his culture and religion and her grandmother a traditional dress.

An American child of Punjabi immigrants

December 18, 2019

By Hayat AlQattan/Arizona Sonora News The kettle whistles on the stove, in a small white kitchen with white tile floors to match while Sumanpreet Dosanjh rushes around the kitchen, trying to make her...

Green card holders fret about citizenship

Green card holders fret about citizenship

Deborah Lee November 30, 2017

Nervous green card holders are seeking citizenship in greater numbers because of concerns that the Trump Administration's new immigration policies could send them out of the country. From July 2016...

Members from Chukson Water Protectors, a group that stands in solidarity with Standing Rock and works to better indeginous peoples rights in Tucson, started the event with a drum song. Christopher Columbus Park is on historically Nativa American land, and now the groups want Native Americans to be able to rename the park. Photograph by Tirion Morris/Arizona Sonora News Service.

White allies stand up to racism

Tirion Morris November 29, 2017

White allies are organizing to stand up for people of color. Since the recent election, racial tensions have been high and white people are keen to distinguish themselves from hate groups. White allies...

Organización local lucha por los derechos de los migrantes

Organización local lucha por los derechos de los migrantes

Mar Ruiz April 21, 2017

Él tenía un tatuaje de un león con un balón de fútbol en su antebrazo izquierdo. Podría suponerse por su tatuaje, que su viaje comenzó en San Marcos, Guatemala, cerca de la frontera con México....

A border wall could dry up profits for two border town bars

A border wall could dry up profits for two border town bars

Marielle Carrera March 10, 2017

In two quirky border town bars 160 miles apart, the concerns are the same. Will Donald Trump building a wall on the Mexican border hurt their towns? First in Sasabe... "Cinco pesos?" says Deborah...

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